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  • 1.00 Credits

    This course takes students through the entire process of learning a role for an opera, musical or operetta -- from operetta -- from casting and preparation to rehearsal and performance, culminating in a fully staged performance. Course work includes daily improvisations, movement and actin excercises, analysis of performances, discussions of expectations and demands at the professional level, and cultivation of singer-specific rehearsal and performance techniques. Successful collaboration is a major factor in the final performance. Previous vocal training ideal. May be repeated for credit. Upper-division credit earned beginning with third semester. Audition required. (1)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is an introduction to the fundamentals of music theory for music majors and minors, featuring the study of melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic elements of music (within the Western tonal system). Prerequisite: MUSC 108 or piano proficiency documented through other means. Co-requisite: MUSC 181.
  • 1.00 Credits

    This class provides an opportunity to investigate rhythm and a wide variety of interesting percussion instruments and tone colors in the social setting of a performing ensemble. At least one performance will be given on campus every semester, involving everyone in the class. Beginners and more experienced players are welcome. May be repeated for credit. Upper-division credit earned beginning with third semester. No audition required at this time.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course is a lab experience designed to challenge students to improve their basic musical skills in the areas of rhythm, sight-singing, intervallic and harmonic ear training, and fluency in rhythmic and melodic dictation. These skills are essential if music is to be learned efficiently and accurately, and if it is to be performed competently. Prerequisite: MUSC 108 or piano proficiency documented through other means. Co-requisite: MUSC 171.
  • 1.00 Credits

    This class provides Westminster music students-music majors, minors, and otherwise--with an opportunity to join a small group of musicians (2-10 players) in studying and performing great music written specifically for small groups with one player per part. Class time will take the form of the professor coaching each group separately with all groups present. May be repeated for credit. Upper-division credit earned beginning with third semester. Audition required.
  • 1.00 Credits

    A student may enroll for one half-hour or one hour-long private lesson each week for a semester, and receive one or two credit hours respectively. MUSC 191 indicates the first semester of study on a particular instrument; MUSC 192, the second semester of study on that same instrument; 291, the third semester; and so forth, up to MUSC 492, which indicates the eighth semester of study, or the equivalent of the final semester of a four-year course of lessons, on one instrument. Registration requires a special application form which may be obtained only in the office of the department chair. A $150 fee is required for each credit hour. Music majors and minors are exempt from fees for lessons taken on their primary instrument.Enrollment is open to Westminster College students only.
  • 1.00 Credits

    A student may enroll for one half-hour or one hour-long private lesson each week for a semester, and receive one or two credit hours respectively. MUSC 191 indicates the first semester of study on a particular instrument; MUSC 192, the second semester of study on that same instrument; 291, the third semester; and so forth, up to MUSC 492, which indicates the eighth semester of study, or the equivalent of the final semester of a four-year course of lessons, on one instrument. Registration requires a special application form which may be obtained only in the office of the department chair. A $150 fee is required for each credit hour. Music majors and minors are exempt from fees for lessons taken on their primary instrument.Enrollment is open to Westminster College students only.
  • 2.00 Credits

    A student may enroll for one half-hour or one hour-long private lesson each week for a semester, and receive one or two credit hours respectively. MUSC 191 indicates the first semester of study on a particular instrument; MUSC 192, the second semester of study on that same instrument; 291, the third semester; and so forth, up to MUSC 492, which indicates the eighth semester of study, or the equivalent of the final semester of a four-year course of lessons, on one instrument. Registration requires a special application form which may be obtained only in the office of the department chair. A $150 fee is required for each credit hour. Music majors and minors are exempt from fees for lessons taken on their primary instrument.Enrollment is open to Westminster College students only.
  • 1.00 Credits

    A student may enroll for one half-hour or one hour-long private lesson each week for a semester, and receive one or two credit hours respectively. MUSC 191 indicates the first semester of study on a particular instrument; MUSC 192, the second semester of study on that same instrument; 291, the third semester; and so forth, up to MUSC 492, which indicates the eighth semester of study, or the equivalent of the final semester of a four-year course of lessons, on one instrument. Registration requires a special application form which may be obtained only in the office of the department chair. A $150 fee is required for each credit hour. Music majors and minors are exempt from fees for lessons taken on their primary instrument.Enrollment is open to Westminster College students only.
  • 1.00 Credits

    A student may enroll for one half-hour or one hour-long private lesson each week for a semester, and receive one or two credit hours respectively. MUSC 191 indicates the first semester of study on a particular instrument; MUSC 192, the second semester of study on that same instrument; 291, the third semester; and so forth, up to MUSC 492, which indicates the eighth semester of study, or the equivalent of the final semester of a four-year course of lessons, on one instrument. Registration requires a special application form which may be obtained only in the office of the department chair. A $150 fee is required for each credit hour. Music majors and minors are exempt from fees for lessons taken on their primary instrument.Enrollment is open to Westminster College students only.
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